On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:10:33 -0400, Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Before the dict constructor, you needed to do this:
>>
>> d={}
>> for key in alist:
>>     d[key]=None
>
>I just re-read the documentation on the dict() constructor.  Why does it
>support keyword arguments?
>
>   dict(foo="bar", baz="blah") ==> {"foo":"bar", "baz"="blah"}
>
>This smacks of creeping featurism.  Is this actually useful in real code?

Constantly.

Jp
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